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Chapter 260 Cao Wenzhao Enters Jin

Facts have proved that the "thieves" did not lead the army to threaten the capital at all, and the Ming court made a false alarm.

Emperor Chongzhen couldn't help becoming angry from embarrassment, and prepared to issue a decree to severely punish Xuanda Governor Zhang Zongheng and Shanxi Governor Xu Dingchen for their ineffective suppression of bandits.

The ministers of the cabinet quickly advised: "The crimes of these two people are unforgivable, but they are justifiable. They did not pursue them strictly, which caused some thieves to slip through the net, which disturbed Shengjia. Now the two will redeem their merits. However, if you personally lead the army to serve the king, you can only be punished with minor punishments, but not with heavy punishments."

After hearing this, Emperor Chongzhen had no choice but to give in, even though he was upset. He just issued an order to punish him.Although the Emperor Chongzhen was honored as the Ninth Five-Year King, he also knew that he could not do whatever he wanted.

Now the king of the world is the top priority, if he punishes himself severely, I am afraid that the next time the capital is in crisis, if there is no imperial decree, the governors, governors and others will never lead troops to rescue in time.

Now that the matter of punishment has been decided, but how to solve the following problems, Emperor Chongzhen has no solution for the time being, so he asked: "This matter is one thing, how to quickly wipe out these thieves, I don't know what you love?"

At this time, Yu Shi Zhang Chenji stepped forward and said: "Governor Zhang Zongheng of Xuanda, Governor of Shanxi Xu Dingchen and others are inexperienced in suppressing thieves, which is understandable. It is just because the thieves came from Shaanxi, and the generals in Shaanxi have a lot of methods. Among them, the generals of Shaanxi Cao Wenzhao has always been famous, and the gentry and common people made up ballads to praise him, saying: "There is a Cao in the army, and the western thieves are terrified when they hear about it." Moreover, he has made great achievements in Shanxi many times, and the thieves in Shaanxi have been wiped out. Order him to enter Shanxi to help encircle and suppress bandits."

After hearing this, Emperor Chongzhen asked: "I have always known Cao Wenzhao's loyalty and bravery, but I just entered Shanxi, so I don't know his human rights and responsibilities? Who should be dispatched under his command?"

Upon hearing the words, Yu Shi Zhang Chen said: "Cao Wenzhao is the best at suppressing bandits. Since he was transferred back to the Guan from Liaodong, he has defeated Wang Jiayin, Diandengzi, Li Laochai, Lone Wolf, Du San, Yang Laochai and other bandit chieftains successively. Guanzhong was basically pacified.”

"Since he suppressed the bandits, he has traveled thousands of miles. He has experienced dozens of battles, and beheaded more than [-] people. He ranked first among the generals who participated in the war. It is his leader, why not order him to restrain and dispatch Shanxi and Shaanxi generals to wipe out the bandits who flow into Shanxi in one fell swoop."

Emperor Chongzhen frowned when he heard the words, hesitant in his heart.It has been a long time since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, and it has been a long time since the military nobles restrained one side's military affairs in the early Ming Dynasty.Later, even if the war required, most of the civil servants were sent to serve as governors and governors to control the generals. The use of generals to control generals like this made Chongzhen quite worried.

Seeing this, Zhang Chen, the imperial censor, hurriedly began to play: "One time, that time! This is a temporary benefit strategy, and it is not a law for future generations!"

Chongzhen couldn't help frowning when he heard the words, and then he smiled and said: "What Aiqing said is very true. It is reasonable to make Cao Wenzhao restrain the generals in Shanxi and Shaanxi. It's just that military generals are not like civil servants. They have no foundation in the army. It is reasonable to guard against this. Seniors hook up in private."

"I specially appointed the eunuchs Chen Dajin, Yan Siyin, Xie Wenju, Sun Maolin and others as the internal army, and assigned them to the camps of the commander-in-chief Cao Wenzhao, Zuo Liangyu, and Zhang Yingchang. They are called supervisors to supervise the illegal activities of this generation."

All the ministers couldn't help being shocked when they heard the words, and they all went to Shushu to object.Isn't this one Wei Zhongxian who just left, and another group of Wei Zhongxian came?
Emperor Chongzhen defended desperately, but in the end he was still unable to refute the princes of the court.Emperor Chongzhen felt anxious and couldn't help blurting out: "If all the ministers are dedicated to serving the country, why should I use my ministers?"

As a result, Chongzhen's words stopped all the officials from questioning, and they all lowered their heads and remained silent.A few days ago, Lu Xiangsheng and the bandit chieftain "Lu Yanwang" were unclear, but now Xuanda Governor Zhang Zongheng and Shanxi Governor Xu Dingchen have failed the Holy Grace, how can they deny it?I had no choice but to act as if this never happened, speechless.

Emperor Chongzhen couldn't help being overjoyed when he saw that the officials were suppressed, and quickly ordered the decree to be carried out.

Let's say that after Cao Wenzhao received the imperial order, he crossed the Yellow River quickly and arrived at Wutai County.Only because of the rescue of Zhang Shun, "Chuang Jiang" and others, "Zijin Liang" had already left here in time, joined them and went down southeast of Taihang Mountain together, Cao Wenzhao was in vain.

So Cao Wenzhao went south to Yuzaoguan and entered Yuxian County.In Yuxian County, there were also many rebels who were called up because they participated in the siege of Liaozhou by "Zijinliang" and others, but they were all defeated by Cao Wenzhao.

At this time, Zhang Zongheng, the governor of Xuanda, and Xu Dingchen, the governor of Shanxi, were not there, but Xu Dingchen's counselor Zhang Zai led some Shanxi soldiers to wander nearby, so he took the opportunity to attack Shouyang County south of Yuxian County.

As a result, the peasant army in Yu County only said that Cao Wenzhao had arrived, turned around and fled in fright.On the way they escaped, Hunshiwang, Han Tingxian and others who followed the "Eight Great Kings" to the south also fled here at some point.

When Han Tingxian heard that the fierce general Cao Wenzhao had arrived, he was very happy, and quickly persuaded the king of the world: "Cao Wenzhao is still fighting in Yuxian County, how could he come to Shouyang so soon? This must be Zhang Xu who stayed in Shanxi. Army, we can take the opportunity to defeat them, so that you can gain a high prestige, which will gradually be enough to compete with the 'Zijin Liang'."

After hearing this, the Hun Shi Wang was still a little hesitant, but when he heard that he could compete against the "Purple Gold Liang", he mustered up his courage, gathered the scattered rebels, and tried to fight against Xu Dingchen's counselor, Zhang Zai.

The counselor Zhang Zai was originally a literati, and he didn't know the art of war. How to resist the Hun Shi Wang and others, he was immediately defeated by the Hun Shi Wang.

Hun Shi Wang was about to pursue him, but Cao Wenzhao's army arrived at this time.The ruthless iron cavalry, like the ruthless iron cavalry in the iron cavalry, easily tore apart the formation of Hunshi Wangyi's army.

The Hun Shi Wang saw that something was wrong, so he hurriedly turned around and wanted to leave.As a result, Cao Wenzhao saw it from a distance, and he personally led his own soldiers to pursue him.Hunshi Wang was caught off guard and was shot and killed by Cao Wenzhao under the banner of the Chinese army.

When Han Tingxian saw that the Hun Shiwang was dead, he was overjoyed immediately, and hurriedly greeted him happily to ask for credit: "General Cao is indeed brave and invincible, unstoppable. I am Han Tingxian, a student from Yichuan, and I specially encouraged this person to come to die, so as to complete the great work of the general!"

Cao Wenzhao laughed loudly when he heard the words and said to the left and right: "This thief is talking crazy, what are you talking about, have you ever heard it?"

Both the left and the right said: "I have never heard it, or if I am dumb, I don't know!"

Han Tingxian couldn't help being shocked when he heard the words, and quickly argued: "The general misunderstood, I am..."

Cao Wenzhao didn't want to listen to his ramblings, so he stepped forward and shot Han Tingxian through the heart.Han Tingxian's eyes widened and he stared at Cao Wenzhao relentlessly.Cao Wenzhao did not draw his gun, but approached Han Tingxian and whispered to him: "Your Excellency wants credit, and this general also wants credit. Since the ambitions are the same, why are you so stupid!"

(End of this chapter)